George Washington, Volume II eBook

other men to lay the foundations of a republic which
has endured in prosperity for more than a century.
I find in him a marvelous judgment which was never
at fault, a penetrating vision which beheld the future
of America when it was dim to other eyes, a great
intellectual force, a will of iron, an unyielding
grasp of facts, and an unequaled strength of patriotic
purpose. I see in him too a pure and high-minded
gentleman of dauntless courage and stainless honor,
simple and stately of manner, kind and generous of
heart. Such he was in truth. The historian
and the biographer may fail to do him justice, but
the instinct of mankind will not fail. The real
hero needs not books to give him worshipers.
George Washington will always hold the love and reverence
of men because they see embodied in him the noblest
possibilities of humanity.

INDEX for Volumes I & II

Adams, John,
moves appointment of Washington
as commander-in-chief, i. 134;
on political necessity for
his appointment, 135;
and objections to it, 135;
statement as to Washington’s
difficulties, 163;
over-sanguine as to American
prospects, 171;
finds fault with Washington,
214, 215;
one of few national statesmen,
252;
on Washington’s opinion
of titles, ii. 52;
advocates ceremony, 54;
returns to United States,
137;
attacked by Jefferson as a
monarchist, 226;
praised by Democrats as superior
to Washington, 251;
his administration upheld
by Washington, 259;
advised by Washington, 260;
his inauguration, 276;
sends special mission to France,
284;
urges Washington to take command
of provisional army, 285;
wishes to make Knox senior
to Hamilton, 286;
censured by Washington, gives
way, 287;
lack of sympathy with Washington,
287;
his nomination of Murray disapproved
by Washington, 292, 293;
letter of Washington to, on
immigration, 326.

Adams, J.Q.,
on weights and measures, ii.
81.

Adams, Samuel,
not sympathized with by Washington
in working for independence, i. 131;
his inability to sympathize
with Washington, 204;
an enemy of Constitution,
ii. 71;
a genuine American, 309.